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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27
Love Tactics.

A young and beautiful lady receiv-
ed among her many Christmas pres
ents this time a handsome diamond
bracelet, which was the gift of an old
admirer. Now, the young lady is en-.
gagged to be married, and when her
best young man saw the bracelet he
strenuously objected to her retaining
it and demanded that it be sent back.
She, like the rest of her sex, loved di-
almonds and hated to part with her
pretty present. Finally happy
thought struck her, and when her
young man next appeared she greeted
him with the remark that the brace
let would not trouble him any more
"Why," he said smiling, "have you
sent it back?" "No" she replied, II
took it down to Bailey's, bought an
other diamond, and had them all
made into ring. 1t is not his pres
ent any moro" The astonished
young man gave one gasp and then
sat down
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27

with the severity OF the weather. Late
Tuesday evening he had so far recov-
cred as to be able to speak, but little
hopes, however, are entertained OF his
recovery. He is attended by DIR.
Reeve and Jenkins. The above are
simply the facts Of this sad affair, and
we are unable to get the particulars up
to the hour Of going to press with this
issue.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27
COnnette VJnseated.
From the American.

FROM lHe American,
1t has been decided that Mr.. Con.
nette must go, and Mr., Connette has
gone. He stood not upon the order
OF his going, but skipped out with on
ly hasty farewell. He paused not
to shake hands with his scrrowing
friends, he left no lock of his haxen
hair, but showing the House a clean
pair of heels, amid shouts of "bye, bye,
baby" "ta, ia, love-" good bye, sweet
heart, and Other like adieus, abiit,
evasit, erupit Edouard G. Connette,
the peripatetic statesman from In
diana, Kentucky and various other
States. Were it not for an uuwise
and unfortunate provision of our laws
which forbids the citizens of other
States to make laws for the citizens of
this, there is no telling what great
things we should have had from Ed.
Guard g. Col. Connette, OF Indiana,
He may not be as thoroughly equipped
for legislation, so far as mental en-
dowments are concerned as Solon or
Lycurgus Of the olden time, but he
was supplied with an abundance OF
gall which might have gained him no.
toriety, if not fame 1t may we'll be
doubted, however, whether Col. Con-
,nette could possibly have achieved as
much notoriety by remaining in the
Legislature as he has by leaving it.
1t may be truly said that nothing in
Col. Connette's legislative career be-
come him so well as the leavingit.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27

Another eight-hour movement, to be
inaugurated May 1st, is being organ
lied at Chicago.
The man who wrecks a train is
murderer; the man who wrecks
whole railroad financier.
The Pope has removed Father Nc
Glynn for supporting Henry George
for mayor Of New York
Nearly 100000 immigrants were
landed at Castle Garden during last
year, more than 1000 day.
Probably il the English drank
more of water there would be fewer
revolving scandals in high life.
The "Non-Swearing Knights" is an
organization started within the knight
OF Labor in Chicago to discourage the
habit of profanity.
There is room for every body in
this big world. Friction comes
through the fact that too many want
the front room.
Mrs. Kate Louise Terry through
her counsel, Mr.. Jacob Fromme, has
sued the NeV York World for 100000
damages for libel
There ought to be reform in these
meteorological matters. There is no
legitimate occasion for the thermome-
ter to drop thirty degrees in twelve
hours.
The Chaplain of the House OF Rep
resentatives prayed eloquently for Mr..
Cox, the other morning AT q late
hour in the evening he was reported
better
1t is pity that the President could
not accompany his charming wife in
: the ascent OF the Washington Monu-
ment. There are occasions when il
is strictly proper to be elevated
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27

Consul Moffett, of Athens, reports
that Greece yields about fifty thousand
tons of iron per annum. The compa-
ny mining it guarantees fifty per cent
of pure metal, and finds its best mar
ket in France. OF late, however, a
very considerable quantity-during
some months from five to six thousand
tons--has been shipped to the United
States. The Greeks who work the
mines receive the moderate sum of
from fifty-seven to seventy-seven cents
day.
1t is horrible to think what ladies'
card cases are made from this season.
Pig skin and rattlesnake skin, not to
mention the ubiquitous alligator, are
seen in little hands that would drop
Off rather than touch the live Great
ures.
The Scripture narrateth that at is
easier for camel to go through the
eye Of needle than for rich man to
enter the Kingdom of Heaven" The
United States Senate is differently
constructed
Miss Ada Kurtz has been reap
pointed deputy sheriff OF Franklin
county, Pa. She has served one term
with credit, and prisoners say she has
a remarkably taking way.
The prosperity and progress of the
colored people in the South is a note
worthy fact, and no people more thar
Southerners watch that progress
with interest and sincere pleasure.
Fast time on steel rails when thu
thermometer is below zero should new
er be attempted until the traveller hal
full line of accident policies il
!, force.
Twenty years have obliterated tn
bitterness of the past, and in a youn
country like ours forgetfulness be
comes easy when the future is s
e bright.
There are twenty-eight cases {
smallpox at Centerville, N. j., nea
i Atlantic City. Three deaths have o,
eurred.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27
VOL. III.
why She Slapped.

kissed her hand She slapped my cheek
The blow came sharp and quick
Her eyes flashed fire. She did not speak,
My blood boiled hot and thick,
"What do you mean?' asked, enraged,
"We're oil alone here, and
You know quite well that we're engagedi
Then why not kiss your hand2"
II do detest a man, she snapped,
"Who'll kiss my tinger-tips.
In loves ways one should be more apt
Else what's the use of lips?"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27


Mr.. Farwell, the Senator elected to
succeed the late Gen. Logan is said to
be worth ten million dollars.
People who are always diving into
the undercurrents of life should not
expect to be on the top wave of pros
perity.
"The Massachusetts, Legislature has
committee to expedite business. If
the committee works the recipe should
be sent to Congress"
A young man drinking too much
need not be warned to remember his
head in the morning. His head will
be SO big that he will not forget it.
Violation OF the liquor laws and the
vice of intemperance are characteriz-
ed as contrary to the spirit of free
masonry by the Grand Master of Con-
necticut.
Charles B. Goss and John Spangler,
two Rochester bankers of note, have
been arrested on a charge OF misap-
propr;ating dividends declared by an
association of which they were treas
urer and secretary.
G. H. Colt has accepted Captain
Bush's challenge to sail his yacht, the
Dauntless. from Sandy Hook to
Queenstown for the start at any time
between March l and Is.
The manliness, which will permit
a woman to work her life out because
the males Of her family must limit
themselves to strictly masculine pur
suits ought not to enter into any sys
tenn ofphilosophy governing the con
duct OF men.
While the laboring men have
been grumbling about their wages
clerks and others receiving no moro
money for as hard work have gone OIL
doing all they could to create the i'm
preston that they were doing ex
tremely well
There is really no New South il
existence, as New England figures ii
, New men are taking the place OF tn
! old, but until they cease to be thei
fathers sons they can never embrac
I the New England idea as Mr.. Grad
. has embraced it.
When an accident occurs on th
New York elevated railroad syster
:, General Manager Hahn always ri
fuses to give the reporters any infol
nation. The reporters are more gel
" erous; they always give him full pa
ticulars next morning.
The body of Carrie Harry, the Ney
port girl who left her home on IL
L day that her lover was buried, I'll
5 18th Of December, was found on Mo
a day, half buried by sea-weed, at Il
is foot of one Of the cliffs on Cornelil
se Vanderbuilt's Newport estate 1t
ig supposed that grief over her loss |,
her to commit suicide.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27

From Farley,s made Renorts.

The course of General Trade the
past week has been decidedly upward,
the last vestige Of the holiday feature
having disappeared. True, clearances
in certain lines are still to some ex-
tent the order of the day but the first
touch of the Spring season produces
new and fresh impulse in the mark
cts.
The reduction in regular lines OF
of goods has been very satisfactory
since the beginning of Winter.
Though no quotable changes are re-
ported in quotations the active de-
mand for heavy woolens and cottons,
and the stronger market for raw cot
ton affected both these lines favor
ably,
The clothing trade has about fully
recovered from the holiday inaction
and spring samples and statesmen are
on the road, Stocks are cleaning up
we'll, The financial continues healthy
and collections throughout the coun-
try are easy.
The remarkably position of the iron
market is continued. Instead of any
waning the situation is intensified.
Pig iron, the barometer OF the trade,
is becoming dangerously elevated, and
those who have none to sell are alarm
ed but sellers are jubilant. Steel rails,
blooms, muck bar, structural steel, bar
and plate iron have all taken new
start, in the views Of holders. In
quiries for steel rails for Southern
points develop the TACT that the Penn
sylvania and New York mills cannot
take the contracts, and orders for
100000 to 100000 tons will have to be
placed abroad. The price named is
$40 at Mobile, New Orleans and Gal
weston. Steel rails are quoted at the
mills S. to Sc less than that figures.
There is dull stock market with a
mysterious undercurrent of strength
The demands of stock brokers have
not been heavy.
The feature of the wheat market il
: its comparative irmnesss.
, The cotton market is quite firm
The movement of cotton up to Janua
ry l shows an increase Of 36,60S bales
t over the previous year, and 340,79:
= more bales than in 1884.
: The extremely cold weather ha
E made a remarkably good demand TO
coal at retail, Stocks are light in Bos
ton, New York and Chicago. Th'
complaint in Chicago is the inabilit,
OF the roads to meet the call upol
them for coal shipments and there l
: a fear OF serious coal famine there
> The strike OF the Jersey Central Goa
handlers at Weehawken, Port Eliza
beth and the Amboys has assumed
the most serious OF turns during tn
week. There has been riot and blood
: shed. New York and Brooklyn dealer
y have no stocks on hand and poo
= prospect apparently in bettering thei
d condition. No sign of settlement {
t the trouble The New England mark
Il ct is comparatively bare of stocks.
u The flour market continues frr
with some large lots selling.
Tin is frmer and slightly higher.
Money continues easy.
" Collections good.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27

The last words of great men are al
ways interesting to the student of his
tory. Those Of Logan deserves q
place on the illuminated page. He is
reported as having said, Damn these
doctors; they don't know anything
about fellow"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27
Points Tron, "Puck..

"It's bitterly cold" said husband,
with shiver why don't you but
ton up your fur-lined circular3"
Because l want it to fly open," re-
piled the lady, placidly.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27
AN HONEST DOCTOR.

Convalescent Ito docter) "Now that
| am on the road to recovery, doctor,
you may as we'll send in your bill"
Physician-"Not yet, sir. / want
to avoid any risk of collapse"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27
AN OVERSIGHT.

Rural Landlord Ito guest)-"By
gum, mister, | forgot to tell we last
night that that winder don't shet down
close, an | see the SHOWS drifted in
an kivered yer cloes up. I'll be up
in minute with a shovel an dig 'em
outw
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27
THE LAST COURSE WAS rooR

TIE LAoI GUUKbh WAS FOUK.
$50 you were at the public dinnerp
Eyes"
Good dinner, OF course!"
"All but the dessert"
"What did you have for dessert?"
"Evarts."
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27

Like the play of "Hamlet" With
Hamlet left out would tobogganing be
without the girl,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27

A baggage master on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad handled a trunk care
lessly. It exploded, injured him and
badly wrecked bis car.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30
Trouble Ahead.

When the appetite fails, and sleep
grows restless and unrefreshing, there
is trouble ahead. The digestive organs,
when healthy, crave food, the nervous
system, when vigorous and tranquil
gives its possessor no uneasiness at
night. A tonic, to be effective, should
not be mere appetizer, nor are the
nerves to be strengthened and soothed
by the unaided action of sedative or a
narcotic. What is required is medi-
cine with invgorates the stomach, and
promotes assimilation of food by the
system, by which means the nervous
system, as we'll as aother parts of the
physical organism, are strengthened.
These are the effects OF Hostetter' s
Stomach Rttres, medicine whose
reputation Is founded firmly in public
confidence, and which physicians com.
mend for its tonic, anti-bilious and
other properties. 1t is used with the
best results in fever and ague, rheu-
matism, kidney and uterine weakness
and other maladles. June4,4t
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

"If you don't 90 right to sleep this
very minute, a great, big, awful,
black bear, with eyes like Goals of
fire and sharp, white, cruel teeth,
will come out from under the bed and
esa-t-y-o-u-a-l-l-u-pw This Is what a
Philadelphia Call man heard q nurse
girl say to her tiny charge, and 1t was
not strange that ''the poor little thing
nestled down under the clothes to
dream of horrid bears eating her up"
This story, repeated everywhere
daily, concludes in manner far too
rare: "That night when the stolid
nurse had composed herself in her
own comfortable bed, there came a
sudden rap at the door. Maggie,
Maggie! get up as quick as you can.
There's a burglar under your bed =
At the word burglar the girl sprang
screaming from the bed, tore open
the door and fell into Mysteries in the
hall. The lesson was more instruct
i've than the mistress designed, but
was there much difference ~
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

Gentlemen: ] had a sore on my
upper lip for eight years. Seven diff
ferent doctors attempted in vain 10
heal il. One gave me q small Vial
for five dollars which was a t'certtin
cure" 1t Is needless to say that it
did me no good. About two years
ago l became quite uneasy, as people
thought had a cancer, and ]. took a
course Of eighteen bottles of s. S. s.
The result has been a complete cure.
The ulcer or cancer healed beauti-
fully, leaving scarcely a perceptible
scar. From that day j have been in
excellent health, the specific having
purified my blood thoroughly, in
creased my appetite and perfected
my digestion. In a word, / feel like
new woman, and, best of all, the
eight year ulcer is gone entirely
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. w, p. CANNON.
Trenton, Todd county, KY, Feb
%, 1887.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

MOST of our readers Will remember
the sensational trial few months
ago of two young men by the names
OF James and Walter Malley, for the
alleged murder of Miss Jennie
Cramer, at New Haven, Conn, in
which the Malley boys were ac-
quilted. 1t now turns out that Jen-
ME Cramer committed suicide. Mr..
Fitzroy, who recently died at Hol-
yoke, Mass. on his dying bed con-
Gyssed that he saw Jennie jump into
the river; that he attended the trial
in New Haven intending TO tell
what he knew if necessary to save the
boys from conviction, but that, as
they were acquitted, he kept his own
counsel, because he was a married
man and was in such a position and
such company at the time he saw her
make the fatal plunge as would have
disgraced himself and family and
seriously compromised others whose
character was at stake.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

ANOTHER colored gent, ambitious
of the crown of martyrdom, waylaid
the path of a white lady and at
tempted the crime of rape on Bette
Varmin, aged seventeen, near Hands
boro, Miss. He was prevented by
the timely arrival of parties attracted
by the lady's screams from accom-
plishing his nefarious purpose. Being
arrested and carried to Mississippi
City for trial, at o'clock precisely
on Saturday morning he was treated
to dance jig withouta foothold with
a henpen cravat around his neck,
whence he went the way Of all col
ored ravishers Of white females to
kingdom come. His name was
George Washington.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30
Renews Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay
Co., Iowa, tells the following remarka-
BILE story, the truth of which is vouched
for by the residents OF the town: 81
am 70 years old, have been troubled
with kidney complaint and lameness
for many years; could not dress myself
without help. Now | am free from ill
pain and soreness, and am able TO dc
all my own homework. / own my
thanks to Electric Bitters for having re-
newed my youth, and removed com
pletely all disease and pain. Try bot
tie, Only 81 cents at Owen & Moore
Drug Store.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30
Base Deception Punished.

A church sociable and hugging bee
at Elk Creek, Nebraska, broke up in
row recently. A withered remnant
of man, aching for a smack at a
sweet sixteen or thereabouts, blew in
fifteen cents and was blindfolded.
The managers ran his wife against
him, and the squeeze he gave her
made her back ache. When the
bandage was removed and he dis
covered the swindle he howled like a
wild man, smote manager in the
jaw and choked the treasurer till he
refunded.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30
Two Bottles Effect n Cure,

Gentlemen: My blood was in such
a condition that ON the slightest
abrasion my flesh would tester, and
the sores were difficult to heal. |
took two bottles of S. s. S., and after
that any abrasion would heal on first
intention, and my flesh was firm.
w. T. WILKINS.
Jesup, Ga, March 3, 1887.
Treatise en- Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 8,
Atlanta, Ga. HE
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

Jackson Tenn. ] Disnatch.

jackson Crenn.) Dispatch.
Mr.. w. A. Settle, OF GAINESVILLE, is
in the city for the purpose of organ
izing company to establish an cleo
tric light plant in Jackson. He had
a conference with the city council
Tuesday evening, at which time a
special committee, consisting OF
Mayor Hirsch and Aldermen Black
ard and Vanden, were appointed to
confer with him and to report to a
future meeting of the council. We
learn that Mr.. Settle has an electric
light plant IN successful operation in
GAINESVILLE, and only asks the city
here to grant him the right of the
streets for five years, leaving it OPP
tional with the city to light the streets
with electricity or not.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30
A GIFT for All.

In order to give all chance to test
it, and thus be convinced of its wonder
full curative powers, DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, will be, for limited time
given away. This offer is not only lib
eral, but shows unbounded faith in the
merits of this great remedy. All who
suffer from Coughs Colds, Consump-
ton Asthma, Bronchitis, or any affec-
ton of Throat, Chest, or L ngs, are
especially requested to call at Owen q
Moore s drug store, and get trial bot
tie free, large bottles 81.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

Somerville Reporter and Falcon :
The surveying party engaged in
locating the Tennessee Midland road
from this point to Memphis moved
their camp last Saturday to Oakland.
The party number nine, as follows :
w. II. Stalnaker, engineer; G. ID.
Allen, David Merriwether, O. l..
Cloud, j. p. Pond, E. II. Shaw, Joe
Hill, w. r. Ellington, John Brown,
colored. In few days the survey OF
the road will be completed. rhe
contracts will soon be let out and the
day is not far distant when the dis
tant hum of the busy cities will be in
railroad hearing distance of SJmer-
Willie.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

EVERYBODY in this country will
hail with exquisite delight the joyful
intelligence that the Emperor Will
lam slept well last Tuesday night at
Gastein, and took his first bath at s
o'clock precisely on Wednesday
morning. We are also vouchsafed
the thrillingly interesting intelligence
that orders have been received at that
highly-honored part of the moral
vineyard to prepare apartments for
the Emperor Francis Joseph. 1t
would be a refinement of cruelty to
keep mankind in suspense in regard
to the movements of those two dis
tinguished personages, or those of the
plumed knight of the down-East
State, who, we are informed, is still
being lionized by the titled nobility
OF H. r. Ii. the Empress of Great
Britain and all the Indies.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

PINK LAWRENCE and Tom How
ington, of Nashville, have agreed
to champion Mollie McGraugh, the
lg4-pound Irish female heavyweight
Of a certain half-acre in that city mot
to be named in ears polite" against
John l.. Sullivan and the rest of the
world. Mr.. Sullivan will be bound
to accept the challenge orgive up the
belt as champion of the American
ring.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

Mr.. F. A. TAYLOR, a Christian
gentleman and an elder Of Beech
church, at Worsham, Sumner county,
Tenn, was quietly sitting and en-
gagged in reading in that building,
attending a meeting of the official
members of that church convened for
the purpose of selecting pastor for
the coming year, when j. B. Her
ring, who was not member of the
church and not entitled to admit
lance, came in and raised a difficulty
with Mr.. Taylor, in which the latter
lost his life.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

THE republicans ought to derive a
great deal Of comfort, consolation and
encouragement from the fact that
Chauncey Nj. Depew says that the
e. o. p. is certain to be successful in
the next presidential campaign. 1t
is true that Chauncey NJ. Depew is
neither a statesman nor much of a
politician, but then Cnauncey M.
Depew has money, and that gives
weight to his opinions, as it were.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

THE editorial fra ernity will, no
doubt, feel highly flattered to learn
that the Sultan of Turkey is an
editor, frescoes the issues, in fact, OF
his State organ. And, being Sui
tan, he can make the fur fly with
perfect impunity for no one, OF
course, would attempt to hold q
Sultan responsible for what he ma
choose to write.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-30

CAPT. ID. V. JOHNSON, highly re-
spected citizen of st. Louis, makes
some very damaging charges against
General futile, in which he says
futile tired, in virtue of his Office,
and while at Nlcksburg, to rob cot
ton planter named David 5. Servis OF
100000 worth Of cotton. But Tuttle
has become a factor of such small inn
portance recently in national politics
that we have not time nor space tC
give the particulars.